The Child at the Party

Could she be my husband’s secret daughter?

Rose’s birthday party was everything I could have dreamed of; she adored her unicorn cake and balloons, and the surprise of her whole class arriving to celebrate. But now all the parents and children have left, who is the little girl still perched at our kitchen table?

My daughter says she doesn’t know her. She’s clutching a framed photo of my husband. Before I can ask her who brought her to the party, she kisses Phil’s picture and my heart stops. For years I’ve suspected that he had a secret child. Is she the daughter he’s been hiding from me?

I can no longer ignore the fact that he disappeared hours ago, before the party had even finished. And the more I look at her, with her dark eyes and hair, her determined chin, the more certain I am.

But I’ve been keeping secrets from my husband, too. Our family is held together by lies, and this child’s arrival is about to tear apart the family I’ve fought hard to protect…

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